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    Pendulum tension in rotating reference frame

    Thank you for speedy replies and help!
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    Pendulum tension in rotating reference frame

    sorry, but for the free body diagram T and mg are opposite and the bob is unknown degrees from vertical. What is causing the bob to move outward? the fictitious centrifugal force? I don't know how to find the angle...? sorry
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    Pendulum tension in rotating reference frame

    Homework Statement A student is in a rotating chair with a pendulum hanging down in the middle of the rotation. . I need to calculate the difference in tension when the bob is hanging vertically and when the chair is rotating. The length of the bob and string is 65.3 cm. The radius of the...
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